Nobeltec
Wherever your navigation takes
you, the Nobeltec Weather Service is your global solution
with the most comprehensive weather overlays available. Now you
can drape daily weather information on crystal clear Passport
charts for easy-to-read, accurate weather information. Get today's
weather forecast along with up to 9 days of predictions to help
keep you one step ahead of Mother Nature. Nobeltec's weather
service includes 3 different weather options that overlay directly
on top of your charts. Imagine layering wind, surface pressure,
currents, frontal information, swell condition and more, with
a single push of a button.
The Visual Navigation Suite (version 6.0 and above) can drape
daily weather information directly on charts for easy-to-read,
accurate weather detail. Important navigation information such
as wind and sea state can be dynamically shown to aid in your
navigation decisions. With a single push button, display today's
weather forecast and up to 9 days of predictions to help keep
you one-step ahead of Mother Nature.
Nobeltec's weather service is offered
in 3 levels of weather detail–the Bronze, Silver, and Gold
Levels. The introductory data, or the Bronze Level of information,
comes free with owning the Visual Navigation Suite 6.0. For the
best security in planning your voyage, subscribe for the Silver
or Gold levels of weather data. Imagine draping additional layers
like sea surface temperature, storm information, frontal speed
and movements, and swell conditions to name a few.
About The Service Levels
Bronze
The
Bronze level of data includes:
•
Free daily downloads of weather information from the Nobeltec
website,
or
•
$19.99 monthly subscription for optional email subscription service.
•
Free 3 day predictions for wind and ocean currents
Silver
The
Silver level contains all the data found in the Bronze service
and adds:
•
All of the Bronze level of data, plus additional days of information
for
•
Sea surface temperature, weather system fronts, sea state, swell
height
and
direction and the latest tropical storm information
•
$49.99 monthly subscription
•
The Silver package is best for coastal navigators
Gold
The
Gold level is the highest weather service available and contains:
•
All of the data described in both the Bronze and Silver services
but
forecasts
many of the data items for 10 total days.
•
$99.99 for a monthly subscription
•
The Gold service is best for offshore voyagers
WeatherMail Data Breakdown Buy Online
|
Weather Options |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
|
Surface Pressure |
10 Day |
5 Day |
3 Day |
|
Wind |
10 Day |
5 Day |
3 Day |
|
Ocean Currents |
10 Day |
5 Day |
3 Day |
|
High/Low Movement & Speed |
3 Day |
3 Day |
1 Day |
|
Sea State |
10 Day |
5 Day |
|
|
Swell Condition |
5 Day |
5 Day |
|
|
Weather System Fronts |
3 Day |
1 Day |
|
|
Latest Tropical Information |
3 Day |
3 Day |
|
|
Sea Surface Temperature |
1 Day |
1 Day |
|
|
Ice Information (Ice Information Bulletins) |
YES |
|
|
|
RSTMarine
Prices |
|
Daily Download |
|
|
FREE |
|
Monthly Subscription |
$99.99 |
$49.99 |
$19.99 |
|
Annual Subscription |
$999.99 |
$499.99 |
$99.99 |
|
Special Note: Regardless of which process is used to obtain the
weather information, the file size is around 50 kilobytes. This
easily fits on a floppy disk for transporting from one computer
to another.
|
3 Different WeatherMail Delivery
Options
1. The WeatherMail subscription service
Nobeltec
will automatically deliver the present day weather along with
forecasts to any
specified
email account. It does not matter where you download the file
only that you
remember
its location.
a.
Locate the email delivered from Nobeltec in your email account.
b. Select
a download location, like 'Desktop', to place the weather file.
c. The
downloaded file is a self-extracting program. Simply double click
on the weather
icon
to 'unwrap' the weather file. Start Visual Navigation Suite.
d. Open
the Weather Toolbar by pushing the Weather Icon at the top of
the screen.
Select
the 'Choose Your Region' option and select the appropriate data
set.
2. A direct download from any
computer with an internet connection
This is
the easiest way but requires that your computer have access to
the Internet.
Using this
option tells the Visual Series to go to the nobeltec web site
directly and get
the files
for you.
a.
Click on the weather Icon to display the Weather Toolbar.
b. Click
on the 'Download Now' button.
c. A short
wizard appears that walks you through the data retrieval process.
The first
screen
asks you to choose the region that best suits your needs.
d. Follow
the easy steps within the weather wizard to select the appropriate
data region,
and
data level.
e. Finally,
click on the 'Download Now' button, which automatically completes
the
weather
installation.
3. Download a weather file using
the Nobeltec Passport Weather Center
If you
choose this option, you download a file from our website and
place it in a specific
folder
on your computer, the Visual Series will do the rest of the work.
a. Launch the Internet and go to www.nobeltec.com.
b. Click
on the menu option for Weather Center.
c. On the
Weather Center front pages, click on the 'Download Now' button.
d. Choose
your region and then click on the Next button. Now you will be
asked to
choose
the level of weather service. Remember that Bronze is free. Purchasing
the
Silver
and/or Gold option does not obligate you to continue and you
can resume with
the
free downloads at any time.
e. Choose
your Weather service level. If you choose the Silver or Gold
options, you are
asked
to input your financial information and then verify your information
in a typical
online
purchasing set of screens. You are also offered to sign up on
a monthly or annual
subscription
service.
f. If
you chose the Bronze service or have finished entering your information,
click on the
'Download
Now' button.
Visual Series Weather Toolbar
Once your data files are downloaded and you have enabled weather
overlay, the weather status
bar is dispalyed at the bottom of your screen.
This new status bar is always on
when the weather is overlaid on your charts. The top row of the
weather status bar shows you the data regions that you are currently
viewing. If you have more than one region installed you can toggle
between regions by clicking on the down arrow and selecting one
of the other installed regions. It also shows the current system
date and allows you to move forward, backwards or return to the
system date.The download now enables the user to automatically
download new data while connected to the internat a walks the
user through the simple process of choosing your service level.
The second row includes a list
of the data buttons for which you have access for the specified
region. Clicking on these buttons toggles on and off their respective
data sets.
The bottom row of the weather status
bar displays the data values for the current cursor position.
For the Silver and Gold weather service levels, more data is
shown.
